At this point, the very mention of bringing black and folk metal together should elicit the very name of Saor by mere default. It’s the name that many have set the very standard of the sound to given how powerful … Continue reading Saor – Origins
The very existence of heavy metal in the Middle East carries an air of danger with it as the bands have to make their music in secret lest they face prosecution and wild punishment by their government, but that doesn’t … Continue reading Al-Namrood – Worship the Degenerate
Long have the many mythologies and ancient cultures of Europe been swirling together for anyone from anywhere in the world to pick something out of whether it be something beyond familiar or fascinatingly new. When it comes to how it’s … Continue reading Barad Guldur – Vishapner
As time has gone on, the very realms of black and folk metal have become progressively more entwined with each other with one band to the next having something different to offer than the last with it being typically a … Continue reading Mosaic – Heimatspuk
It’s out of the mystical realm of folk metal that I really do feel as though there aren’t nearly as many large, bewildering bands that listeners can really latch on to especially when it comes to new names with it … Continue reading Wilderun – Epigone
If you ask me, any sort of attempt to even try to bring together the worlds of black and folk metal is virtually always worthy of investigation simply because of the prospect of a successful attempt which, when one does … Continue reading Antucuran – La Maldicion del Gobernador Manqueante
I doubt I will ever tire of revisiting bands over the years as they continue to grow and refine their craft as I still explore the depths of what metal has to offer at my own pace, and it’s almost … Continue reading Itnuveth – Ananké
It almost always seems to be that when I make a hard, definitive statement where I say that something of anything is “locked-in” on any sort of level, the universe always finds a way to crack its knuckles and deliver … Continue reading Cân Bardd – Devoured By The Oak
I’ve become so immensely jaded with the world of folk metal that any time I come across any single piece of the style that I cannot help but feel like I’ve stumbled upon real gold given the plethora of acts … Continue reading Hand of Kalliach – Samhainn
It’s no stretch of the imagination to say that the entirety of Scandinavia is one of the greatest bastions of metal that the world has ever and likely will ever see by far with it still producing some truly exemplary … Continue reading Wormwood – Arkivet
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